Man killed in a boating accident after the driver disregarded police orders

[Dularge] - Edward Dupre, 40, was killed early Saturday when the boat he was riding on struck a telephone pole that was sticking out of the water near the Falgout Canal Marina said a state Wildlife and Fisheries official. Todd Use, 38, the driver of the boat, was sent to Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center with critical injuries, and then later flown to the University Hospital in New Orleans. The other man, Willie Miller, 28, managed to walk away without serious injuries.

The three men were at the Falgout Canal Marina when a said a deputy noticed Use had drank too much and told the men to call for a ride home said Sgt. Richard Purvis of Wildlife and Fisheries. Then men disregarded what the deputy told them and let the marina while the deputy was making his rounds in the parking lot. Here is the full story.